WEC Applauds Introduction of Safe Chemicals Act
Yesterday, Senator Lautenberg introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 moving one step closer to protecting workers and the public from toxic chemicals. See the Press Release here
WEC-BGA Letter to EPA Administrator Jackson
The Blue Green Alliance and the New Jersey Work Environment Council, along with more than 100 prominent labor and environmental organizations, are asking U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to enforce an existing law encouraging [...]
New Jersey Work Environment Council Joins Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance announced today that the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) will join the national labor-environmental partnership as a New Jersey affiliate. Formed in 1986 as a result of efforts to pass [...]
Governor Corzine Proposes Roll Back on Chemical Security Policy – Groups Demand Safety Not Secrecy
Twenty-seven labor, environmental, and community groups today called on Governor Jon Corzine to strike language from a proposed NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule that could hide information about potential toxic disasters at industrial [...]
National Worker Safety Advocates Urge Quick Action by Obama Administration
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Health and Safety Section of the American Public Health Association released today Protecting Workers on the Job: Seven Priorities for Federalaction in 2009, a [...]
Statement of WEC on Appointment of Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator by the President-Elect
According to John Pajak, President of the New Jersey Work Environment Council, "While we have differences with some of Governor Corzine's environmental policies, Lisa Jackson has proven an able DEP Commissioner and has helped make [...]